Antique Desk Project #3: Sanding, And More Sanding

As I’ve said already, this project is being taken on just as Lisa has time. She put in a whole day on it yesterday. The entirety of that day was spent sanding too. Whoever painted this desk laid it on thick. She looks like an alien because the way this paint is flaking as it was scraped, I think it’s going to be lead based paint. The sanding still is not complete, but she made a nice dent in it.As you can see however, after you get past all the ugly paint that was on it, this is some beautiful wood.

We have eight kids. She is used to hard work. I wanted to redo this desk for her, but she insisted that she wanted to do it with as little help as possible. Yes she is a hard working woman. I could tell you many stories of where she has went above and beyond any woman I’ve ever known. A lot of people don’t really know just how bad my health is. She really didn’t want me to put this project on here. I had to because with my health, what people don’t know is how much she does to help me behind the scenes, when noone is looking. Everyone thinks that all these woodworking projects are only my work. The truth is, without the help of my wife and sons, I couldn’t do many of the projects I do. My back just wouldn’t hold up to it. I cut. I sand. I do most of the detailed work on all the projects. All the heavy work though is not done by me. They do it. Without them, I may as well sell all of my tools and give up my woodworking hobby. I have good days and bad. On bad days I don’t even leave the house. The restroom is as far as I go outside of my wheelchair. On good days, I can get up and move around. I can go to the shop. One wrong move though or pick up one thing too heavy and I’m back down for a week or two. My wife and sons, mostly Lisa, make my projects possible.Therefore, I had to highlight this project as Lisa’s. Except for giving her advice on specific techniques, this is her project. I’m not helping in any way. When it’s done, she’ll be proud of the desk. I, on the other hand, will be proud of her.

bravo (or what word you like) William , you cuold easely have hidde this for us in yearsbut the fact is that no one that has a busyness cuold do it if it wasn´t for the wife´s big help at home, the only reson why a busyness can survive are if the foundation is in good shape and no cracks in it,you just need it in another way and of another resonmy hat of for both Lisa and you

It is so nice to see what a wonderful partner you have in her and see two people support each other the way you do. I am looking forward to see the progress on this as she accomplishes it. It is a nice story and wonderful blog.